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Bravo, Brest!
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Brest: maritime museum A recent visit to Brittany on location research led us to Brest – and its superb...
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The Kydd ships brought to life
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Seaflower – by Robert Squarebriggs The renowned maritime artist Geoff Hunt RSMA was commissioned to...
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A Sterling Model!
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] A unique model After seeing my blog on HMS Victory yesterday Mike Softley emailed me some photographs...
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Hats Off to Clayton!
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Vasa herself in the museum in Stockholm Over the years I’ve bought several model kits but sadly never...
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Sim’s Treasures
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Over the decade or so that I’ve been a writer I’ve been privileged to meet many collectors, modellers,...
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BookPick: Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft
Employing clear draughtsmanship this book explores the rigging of typical period fore-and-aft vessels, those like Seaflower, the tops’l cutter in which Kydd sailed around the Caribbean. Author Lennarth...
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Agamemnon: the Darch Model
Devon-based Malcolm Darch has just completed a magnificent 1:64 scale model of HMS Agamemnon. His 57th commission, she was built for a private collector in the UK and just before she was shipped to...
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